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Artist......: A Winged Victory for the Sullen
Album.......: The Undivided Five
Label.......: Ninja Tune
Genre.......: Ambient
Catnr.......: ZENCD255
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2020-01-11
Str.date....: 2019-11-01
Quality.....: 601 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://awvfts.bandcamp.com
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1. Our Lord Debussy 9:53
2. Sullen Sonata 5:23
3. The Haunted Victorian Pencil 1:29
4. The Slow Descent Has Begun 4:56
5. Aqualung, Motherfucker 5:19
6. A Minor Fifth Is Made Of Phantoms 4:58
7. Adios, Florida 6:30
8. The Rhythm Of A Dividing Pair 4:52
9. Keep It Dark, Deutschland 2:35
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,: Purveyors of contemporary ambient and electronic inspired music, :,
: A Winged Victory for the Sullen make a bold return on new album :
:' ôThe Undivided Fiveö. The pair, made up of Dustin OÆHalloran ':
,: and Adam Wiltzie, have created iconic film scores and :,
: forward-thinking ambient groups, releasing a series of :
:' game-changing records for Erased Tapes and Kranky. On ôThe ':
,: Undivided Fiveö they rekindle their unique partnership for only :,
: their second piece of original music outside of film, TV and :
:' stage commissions, creating an album that channels ritual, ':
,: higher powers and unspoken creative energies. Their fifth :,
: release (following their debut album, two scores and an EP), :
:' they embraced the serendipitous role of the number five, ':
,: inspired by artist Hilma af Klint and the recurrence of the :,
: perfect fifth chord. :
:' ':
,: This album sees them create bold new work built on their :,
: foundations in ambient and neoclassical. Since their 2011 :
:' self-titled debut, the duo have emerged as part of a ':
,: much-lauded scene alongside peers like Max Richter, Hildur :,
: Gu≡nad≤ttir, Tim Hecker and Fennesz. Their 2014 album ôAtomosö :
:' was the product of a commission to score a new performance by ':
,: Royal Ballet choreographer Wayne McGregor, while 2016Æs ôIrisö :,
: was the score for director Jalil LespertÆs thriller, ôIn the :
:' Shadow of Irisö. They count the likes of Jon Hopkins among ':
,: their fans, who included æRequiem For The Static King Part OneÆ :,
: on his 2015 Late Night Tales compilation. They composed the :
:' score for Invisible Cities, a specially-created performance to ':
,: herald 2019Æs Manchester International Festival, and have played :,
: some of the worldÆs most celebrated venues, including a sold out :
:' Boiler Room performance at LondonÆs Barbican, and a 2015 BBC ':
,: Proms show curated by Mary Anne Hobbs at the Royal Albert Hall. :,
: :
:' They were first introduced by mutual friend Francesco Donadello ':
,: in 2007, a close collaborator whoÆs gone on to mix all of the :,
: AWVFTS records. OÆHalloran launched his reputation with two :
:' acclaimed solo piano albums, attracting the attention of ':
,: director Sofia Coppola, who asked him to score her 2006 film :,
: Marie Antoinette, and he has since won an Emmy for his 2015 :
:' theme song for Jill SolowayÆs Transparent series, and been ':
,: nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for his 2017 score with :,
: Hauschka for Garth DavisÆ Lion. Wiltzie, meanwhile, founder of :
:' iconic drone outfit Stars of the Lid, has scored Hollywood ':
,: films including Kevin MacDonaldÆs ôWhitneyö, Jake ScottÆs :,
: ôAmerican Womanö and collaborated with J≤hann J≤hannsson for :
:' 2014Æs The Theory of Everything. ':
,: :,
: This album sees them pay greater heed to the small details in :
:' their sound than previously, something they say has been ':
,: encouraged by the move to a new label. ItÆs been their first :,
: opportunity since their debut to create something thatÆs solely :
:' guided by their ideas, and it represented an opportunity to ':
,: call back to that first outing while also building on the :,
: various ways in which theyÆve grown. ôWe understand that times :
:' have changed,ö they say. ôWe have evolved, but we also didnÆt ':
,: want to forget the beginning.ö :,
: :
:' They channel influences such as Debussy, nodded to in the ':
,: opening track, whose big chords and complicated arrangements :,
: inform a lot of their approach û parts that sound simple but :
:' require great skill to execute. Likewise, the artist Hilma af ':
,: Klint û one of the first abstract Western artists û informed :,
: their ideas about drawing on spiritual influences to shape their :
:' work. ôItÆs like an invisible hand guiding things,ö they say. ':
,: :,
: The start of recording sessions for the album were marred by the :
:' death of one of their closest friends. Within weeks after the ':
,: funeral OÆHalloran found out that he would be expecting his :,
: first child, and it was soon after that a visit to see the art :
:' of af Klint brought home a profound realisation of life, death, ':
,: the afterlife, and the spaces in between. She belonged to a :,
: group called "The Five", a circle of five women with a shared :
:' belief in the importance of trying to make contact with ':
,: spirits, often by way of sΘances. This chimed with the duoÆs :,
: unspoken approach to collaboration, and nudged them to return to :
:' their writing process centered around the harmonic perfect ':
,: fifth; the five senses, the divine interval û The Undivided :,
: Five. :
:' ':
,: The album was also shaped by the breadth of locations in which :,
: it was created, helping to shape its nuanced sonics. In addition :
:' to OÆHalloran and WiltzieÆs respective Berlin and Brussels ':
,: studios, the record took shape across six different sites. They :,
: recorded orchestral samples in BudapestÆs Magyar Rßdi≤ Studio :
:' 22, re-recorded album parts in BrusselsÆ Eglise Du BeguinageÆs ':
,: unique, reverb-heavy surrounds (where Wiltzie has performed with :,
: Stars of the Lid and, in 2018, organised a tribute concert for :
:' J≤hann J≤hannsson), experimented with overdubs in Ben FrostÆs ':
,: Reykjavik studio, and recorded grand piano parts in a remote :,
: woodland studio in northern Italy. The duo pay close attention :
:' to the micro-level of sound, and each of these places was ':
,: chosen for the qualities which could enrich the finished :,
: product. And itÆs in Francesco DonadelloÆs studio in Berlin, :
:' where all of the previous AWVFTS material has been mixed, that ':
,: the album was run through the studioÆs analog board, binding the :,
: recordÆs different parts together. :
:' ':
,: It was their connection to J≤hannsson which partly shaped the :,
: direction of their new album. They were asked to create a remix :
:' for him, which he heard before his death in 2018, where they ':
,: unlocked a new process in terms of how they work. They :,
: recomposed the strings, using modular synthesis, old synths and :
:' string and piano arrangements, a method they applied to album ':
,: opener æOur Lord DebussyÆ. ôItÆs about going into the DNA of :,
: music and taking different strands,ö they say. :
:' ':
,: The album is their debut for Ninja Tune, and comes as change is :,
: underway for OÆHalloran, moving from Berlin û hence the title of :
:' æKeep It Dark, DeutschlandÆ û after a decade in the German ':
,: capital. HeÆs headed to Iceland, the country where the pair shot :,
: their latest press photos and which is an important locale for :
:' both of them. The wide-spanning connections which have shaped ':
,: the record are testament to their deep roots as artists. This :,
: albumÆs powerful energy is driven by the deep-rooted bond :
:' between them. ':
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